Jochen Ecke

The British Comic Book Invasion

Alan Moore, Warren Ellis, Grant Morrison and the Evolution of the American Style

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores the relationship between the works of British comic `mavericks' such as Alan Moore and the mainstream comic book style that was dominant at the time - how the British Invasion subverted the norm, but also the many ways in which the movement came to rely on the genius of the American system.

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Produktdetails

• Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9781476674155
• ISBN-10: 1476674159
• Artikelnr.: 52822565

Autorenporträt

Jochen Ecke is a lecturer at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany. He has published extensively on popular culture, particularly U.S. and British mainstream comic books.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments A Note on References viii Introduction: How to Read This Book 1.
U.S. Mainstream Comics of the 1970s and 1980s: Defining the Mode of Practice 2.
The British New Wave of the 1970s and 1980s 3.
Alan Moore and the American Mode of Practice 4.
"What is there for me to do?" Case Studies in the Second Wave of the British Invasion Conclusions: Imagined Readers and the Strange Afterlives of the British Invasion Appendix: Interpretation of the Questionnaire Chapter Notes Bibliography Index